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Liver
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Medical liver biopsy: background, indications, procedure and histopathology

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  • Alexander Boyd Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Owen Cain Histopathology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Abhishek Chauhan Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gwilym James Webb Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research, Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Hepatology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alexander Boyd, NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit, Birmingham B15 2GW, UK; alexander.boyd3{at}nhs.net
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Boyd A, Cain O, Chauhan A, et al
Medical liver biopsy: background, indications, procedure and histopathology
Frontline Gastroenterology 2020;11:40-47.

Publication history

  • Received November 2, 2018
  • Revised January 3, 2019
  • Accepted January 19, 2019
  • First published March 2, 2019.
Online issue publication 
December 24, 2019

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